Transient changes of electrical activity in the rat barrel cortex during conditioning

Brain Research
P MusialA Wróbel

Abstract

To reveal the dynamics of neurophysiological changes in the rat barrel cortex induced by conditioned stimulation we recorded the local micro-electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and evoked potentials (EPs) in barrel cortex to stimulation of a single vibrissa before and after pairing it with a mild electric shock applied to the rat's tail. Following the introduction of the reinforcing stimulus, the amplitude of the first negative component of evoked potentials in the cortex on the conditioned side grew in relation to the same component of control potentials, evoked by stimulation of the opposite symmetrical vibrissa. This change was accompanied by a latent decrease in spectral power of the EEG within the alpha and beta frequency bands in both hemispheres. The observed changes in both of these electrical manifestations of enhanced neuronal activity reverted after two (EP) or three (EEG) days of conditioning. These results are discussed in relation to the putative activity of neuromodulatory systems.

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Mar 30, 2004·Neuroinformatics·Marek WypychAndrzej Wróbel
Apr 29, 2015·The European Journal of Neuroscience·Aleksander SobolewskiAndrzej Wróbel
Aug 11, 2010·Behavioural Brain Research·Jennifer L WalkerDavid M Rector

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